Planter.



C. M. PHILLIPS.

PLANTER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-29.19l7.

Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

3 SHEETS-SHEET I as I C. M. PHILLIPS.

PLANTER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC 29.1917. v 1 382,124 Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

' 3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

C. M. PHELLIPS.

PLANTER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-29,1917.

Pa tented Oct. 22, 1918.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

grime/rm CHARLES M. PHILLIPS, OF ST. LOUIS, MICHIGAN.

PLANTEB.

Application filed December 29, 1917.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES M. PHILLIPS, acitizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the county ofGratiot and State of lllichigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in' Planters; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to planters particularly designed for sugar beetseed and the primary object of the invention is to'provide a planterwhich Will form a very shallow furrow, substantially three-quarters ofan inch deep for planting all of the seed at the same depth to insureuniform growing thereof and further to provide a planter structure whichwill deposit the seed in spaced hills so as to eliminate what iscommonly known as blocking the beets after they have started growing.

A further object of this invention isto provide a planter as specifiedwhich will plant four rows of seeds at a time, and to construct theframe work of the planter so that the planting structure positioned ateach end or side thereof may move pivotally within certain limits,independently of the movement of the central or intermediate plantingstructure so .as to allow uniform planting upon uneven ground.

Another object of this invention is to provide a harrow or land levelingstructure which is carried by the planter at the forward end of the sameand also land rollers which are positioned directly in front of thefurrow opening shoes whereby the land will be leveled and rolled toprovide av seed bed' prior to the planting of the seed therein whichwill eliminate the necessity of re-harrowing the land to be planted incase it was prepared for planting and afterward rained upon prior to theplanting.

Another object of this invention is to provide a planter structurewherein the draft tongue is connected to the supporting frame of theplanter directly in the rear of the main supporting axle of the planter,to cause an equal distribution of the draft and perniitv the planter torock when traveling over undulations of the ground.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, this invention consists insuch novel features of construction, combination and ar- Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Hot. 22, 1918.

Serial No. 209,504.

rangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters designate like andcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the planter.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the planter.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the rear end of the planter showingthe hopper structure and the seed dispensing mecha nism.

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the shoe and furrow opener.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view of the gear shift structure forcontrolling the operation of the dispensing structure.

Fig. 6. is a plan of the seed dispensing plate.

Fig. 7 is a. detail section of a part of the frame structure.

Fig. 8 is a section on the line 88 of Fig. 5.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 designates the supportingframe of the planter as an entirety, which frame is constructed ofangled iron and to form an in ermediate section 2 and side sections 3and 4. The side sections 3 and d are connected by means of ball andsocket joints 5 with the intermediate section 2 soas to allow the sidesections to move pivotally independently of movement of the middle orintermediate section or of movement of each other to allow the planterto adapt itself touudulations in the ground over which it is traveling.The central or intermediate section 2 of the frame is provided with apair of longitudinally extending brace bars 6 and 7 which have bearings8 attached thereto and dependin therefrom substantially equi-distant oftheir ends. Suitable longitudinally extending braces 9 are carried byeach of the side sections. 3 and 4 of the frame and these bracestogether with the outer side rails of the side frames have bearings 10attached thereto and depending therefrom. The bearings Sand 10 rotatablysupport the main drive mile 11 of the planter structure which is-niadein three sections, comprising an intermediate section 12 and endsections 13 and It which are connected to the intermediate section byuniversal joints 15 to allow of movement of the end sections of the axlewith the movement of the side sections the frame.

The axle sections 12, 13 and 1-1- have land rollers 17 mounted thereonwhich form supporting wheels for the planter structure and which arealso positioned directly in front of the seed dispensing mechanismswhich will be hereinafter more fully described.

The longitudinally extending brace bars 6 and 7 have a pair of bars 18pivotally connected thereto short distances in the rear of the mainaxlev 11 of the planter structure. These bars have their rear ends bentdownwardly as shown at 19 so that the main portion thereof will bespaced upwardly from the main supporting frame 1 of the planter asclearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, a draft tongue 20 of the usualconstruction is connected to a short bar 21 which is attached to theforward ends of the bars 18. A ground engaging wheel 22 is swivellysupported by the cross bar 21. The auxiliary frame is connected to themain supporting frame in the rear of the supporting axle with a View ofhaving the said auxiliary frame and the parts directly connected theretoact as little as possible upon'the front part of the main supportingframe, the weight of said auxiliary frame and the upward pressureexertcd upon the front part thereof while the frame is moving over theground having a tendency to depress the rear part of the planter, andthe operating means connected thereto.

An ordinary seat structure inay be provided, which is supported by thebars 18.

Positioned beneath the front end of the frame 1 of the planter are aplurality of harrow structures or land stirring means in dicated by thenumeral 23. structures are composed of sections 2-1: which I have theirmeeting ends pivotally connected as as 25 to allow of limited movementof one section independently of the other. Each of the sections of the'harrow structure have the usual type of pulverizing or stirring teeth26 carried thereby which will stir the ground and break up clods, to alarge extent during the operation of the planter.

The harrow sections have flexible chains 2'? connected thereto, whichchains have their ends connected to the supporting frame as shown at 28and pass about pulleys 29 carried by the harrow structure and also aboutpulleys 30 carried by the bars 18. The chains 2? are connected to alever structure 31 so that upon the pivotal movement of the lever theelevation of the land pulverizing or stirring means 23 r. a be regulatedas desireth or is made necessary the conditions of the ground. quadrant32 is carried bv the cross bar 33, to which the lever 31 is pivoted anda dog mechanism Ell is carried bv the lever for coac on with th quadrantto hold the lever in adyust l These harrow Positioned rearwardly of theland rollers 17 are the furrow opening shoe structures which areattached to the supporting frame 1 in any suitable manner, such as bybraces forward ends curved upwardly as shown at 3?. shoes 36 near theirrear ends are furrow openers 38 which are constructed to open theshallow narrow furrow or one substantially three-quarters of an inchdeep and three-quartersof an inch wide into which the beet seeds aredeposited, through the delivery spouts 39 from the dispensing mechanismgenerally indicated by the numeral it).

Each dispensing niechanisinl0 comprises a hopper 4:1 which has a centralpartition 42 mounted therein for. dividing the hopper into a-seedretaining chamber and a fertilizer retaining chamber. Plates areattached to and spaced slightly from the lower end of the hopper fl andthis plate is provided-with openings it through which the seed andfertilizer fall into the chute 39. ln contact with the plates 43,beneath the lower delivery end of the hopper 1'1 is a dispensing platedo which dispensing plate is provided with a plurality of spacedopenings $6. The openings to are spaced so that the seed will bedeposited at predetermined intervals and the sides of the openingsdiverge as they extend downwardly so that the portions of the openingswhich are opened through the lower surface of the dish are larger thanthe entrances of the openings so as to insure the falling of the seedsand fer tilizers therethrough. The disks iii are carried by shafts l7upon the lower ends of which are mounted beveled gears l8. 'lhe beveledgears 48 mesh with beveled gears it) for rotating" shafts Handconsequently the disk 45. During the rotation of the disk i the openingsall will first be filled with fertilizer and as the openings pass overthe spout 39 the fertilizer will drop out of the openings into the spoutand. at the same time the openings will be filled with beet seed whichwill also fall through the openings into the spout and down through thespout with the fertilizer into the furrow formed by the furrow openingshoe 38.

The beveled gears l9 which mesh with the beveled gear l8 and operate theseed dispensing plate of the intermediate planter structure are mountedupon shaft 50 which is slidably supported by suitable bearings 51. i l.sprocket 52 is mounted upon the shaft. 50 and a sprocket chain passesabout this sprocket and about a sprocket carried by the axle section 12for rotating shaft so by the rotation of the axle. beveled e r whichoperates the seed dispensing c dispensing; mocha .12 carried 23 or planis mount The shoes 36 are flat and have their Attached to the undersurface of the ill) llZi

by suitable bearings 56 and it has a sprocket 5 mounted thereupon whichis connected to a sprocket 58 carried by the shaftsections 13 throughthe medium of a sprocket chain 59. g The shaft 60 which carries thebeveled gear 49 that controls the operation of the seed dispensingmechanism carried by the frame sections 4 is operatively connected tothe axle section 14 through the medium of sprockets 61 and 62 and asprocket chain 63.

The shaft 60 is rotatably and slidably supported by suitable bearings 64and the shaft is rotatably and slidably carried by the bearings 56.

A hand lever 66 is pivotally supported at 67 by the rear end of theintermediate section 2 of the frame 1 and it has its lower end connectedto the shaft 50 for shifting this-shaft to move the gears 49 out ofmeshing engagement with the beveled gear 48 when it is desired to arrestthe operation of the planter section and to shift the shaft to move thebeveled gear 49 into meshing engagement with the beveled gear 48 when itis desired to operate the planter structure. A rod 68 is connected tothe lever 66 above its pivot and to a pivotally mounted lever 69. Thepivotally mounted lever 69 is in turn connected to the shaft 55 forshifting the shaft 55 upon pivotal movement of the lever 66 for movingthe beveled gear into or out of meshing engagement with the beveled gear48. A second rod 70 is connected to the lever 66 above its pivot and toa pivotally mounted arm 71. The arm 71 is connected to the shaft forshifting this shaft to move the beveled gear 49 carried thereby into orout of meshing engagement with its companion beveled gear 48 upon thepivotal movement of the lever 66. It will thus be seen that by pivotalmovement of the lever 66 the operation of all of the seed dispensing orplanting mechanism may be controlled.

Suitable shafts 72 are carried by the hopper structure 40 and they haveagitators 73 mounted th ereon which agitators are positioned within thecompartment of the hopper for agitating and stirring the seed andfertilizer positioned within the compartment. The shafts 72 are rotatedby the shafts 50; 55 and 60 through the medium of sprockets and sprocketchain connections.

Scrapers 74 are carried by the respective frame section and engage theperiphery of the rollers 17 for preventing the accumulation of soilthereon.

While in the foregoing description, the device has been described as aplanter for planting sugar beet seed, it is to be under stood that bychanging the seed dispensing disk or plate, any type of seed may beplanted by the planter without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Summing up, generically the operation of the improved planter is asfollows: The ground or soil is first stirred by the harrow structure 23,after/which the portion of the ground directly in front of the planterstructure is rolled by the roller structure 17 which crushes all theclods and prepares the seed bed. The furrow openers 38 will open ashallow narrow furrow in the rolled ground and the seed and fertilizerwill be deposited the art to which this invention appertains and,whilein the foregoing description, the principle of the operation of thisinvention has been described together with various features ofconstruction, it is to be understood that certain minor features ofconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts may be altered tosuit practical conditions provided such. alterations are comprehendedwithin the scope of what is claimed.

\Vhat is claimed is 1. In a planter structure, a supporting frameincluding side sections and an intermediate section, said side sectionspivotally connected to said intermediate section to allow limitedmovement of the side sections independently of the intermediatesections, an auxiliary supporting frame including side rails havingtheir rear ends bent downwardly and attached to said intermediate framesdirectly to the rear of said supporting axle, and a tongue connected tosaid auxiliary supporting frame and planting means on these framesections.

2. In a planter structure, a supporting frame including side sectionsand an intermediate section, said side sections pivotally connected tosaid intermediate section to allow limited movement of the side sectionindependently of the intermediate sections, an auxiliary supportingframe including side rails having their rear ends bent downwardly andattached to said intermediate frames directly to the rear of saidsupporting axle, a tongue connected to said auxiliary supporting frame,seed planting means carried by each of said frame sections, and meansoperable by the rotation of said axle section for operating said seedplanting means.

3. In a planter structure, a supporting frame. including an intermediatesection, and side sections, pivotally connected to said intermediatesections to allow limited moveporting frame, spaced upwardly from saidintermediate section, and side rails on s 1 l auxiliary frame forconnection with sai. intermediate section and planting means on thesframe sections.

l. A planter structure, comprising the elements set forth in claim 1,and additionally a tongue connected to'the free end of saauxiliarysupporting frame, planting means carried by each of said frame sections,a supporting axle made in pivoted sections corresponding to the sectionsof the supporting frame, and means operable by the actuation of saidaxle sections for operating said planting means.

5. In a planter structure, a supporting intermediate frame section,supporting side sections, pivoted to said intermediate section, plantingmeans carried by said sections, a supporting axle made in pivotedsections, and means connected to said planting means and to said axlesections for operating the plantino means of each section independentlyof those of other sections.

3. in a planter structure, a supporting intermediate frame section,supporting side sections, pirotally secured to said intermediatesection, planting means on said supporting sections, a supporting axlepivoted sections corresponding to the sec-= tions of the supportingframe, an operating; member for said planting means, and con necting andclutching means between said operating members and said planting meansfor operating the planting means of one section independently of thoseof other sections.

7. in a planter structure, a supporting frame, including side sectionsand an intermediate section, pivotally connected therewith, and landpacking rollers on said sections, in combination with an auniliargrframe spaced above the intern'iediate section, harrows or land stirringplows, extending the entire Width of the supporting frame.

8. in a planter structure, as set forth in claim 7, chains operablyconnected to and adapted to adjust the position of said plows, andconnected to both the intermediate and the auxiliary frames.

9. In a planter structure in combination, a supporting frame having anintermediate section and side sections pirotally connected thereto, asupporting axle made in pix otally connected sections to correspond tothe frame sections, an auxiliary frame, spaced above the intermediatesupporting frame section and connected thereto. at the rear of saidsupporting axle, land packing" ro ers on said sections, harron or landstirring plows "ending the entire Width of the snome and situated frontof s axle, depth adjusting flexible cred to said plows and to said andauxiliary frames.

it). In a pla er structure in combination, an intermediate supportingframe section,

s1 g side frame sections 'pivotally conn ereto, land packing rollers andp and dispensmg means on the seca) w u adpistable pivotally connectedsecmeans constituting land st1rring irrowr, extending the entire Eli th0; tne supporting frame and in front land packing rollers, flat furrowor drilling means at the rear of said 1 iers, and furrow covering wheelsat the rear of said drilling means.

11. In a planter structure, in combination,

a ipporting frame including an intermediate s on and side sectionspivotally con- L i be capahle of limited rocking increment, supportinsales mounted upon said frame section intermediate the front and rearends thereor and pivotally connected to those of l adjoining framesections, an auxiliary Q importing frame spaced upwardly from salt.intermediate section, land rollers on em importing axle section, andseed planting means at one end of said frame section, and soil loosening.and treating means on the other end of said frame section, and meansoperaloly connecting said soil treating a cans to said a Xiliary frame.

23. In a planter structure, in combination, a supporting frame includingan intermediate section, and side sections pivotally connected to saidintermediate section and capable of limited rockingmoveinent,supportaxles mounted Within said frame section and oirotally'connectedto the axles of the adjoinin frame sections, an auxiliary supi rainsspaced upwardly from said erinediate section and land rollers on saidsupporting axles adapted to support. the frame sections above theground, seeding at one end of said frame section, means intermediatesaid seeding means and i es for pivotally connecting the interme sectionto the auxiliary oil treating and loosening means at d of the framesection, and 1 nniliary frame operably coneid soil loosening means.

p structure, a sectional frame inclu ding an intermediate section andside sections pivotally connected to said intermediate section,supporting axles mounted within said sectional frame intermediate thefront and rear ends thereof pivotally connected to the supporting axlesof the adjoining frame sections,

an auxiliary supportlng frame spaced upwardly from said intermediatesection,

supportin frame an to the auxil and means intermediate the axles and theend of the sectional pivotally connecting said frame iary frame, landrollers upon the supporting axles supporting the sectional frame abovethe ground, vpivotallv connected harrows supported below the other endof the sectional frame and means on the auxiliary frame operablyconnected to the harrows.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES M. PHILLIPS. Witnesses:

F. N. HUMPHREY, S. R. OSTRANDER.

